How to convert a comma separated string of numbers to an array of integers?

Question

Say I have the string 1,2,3,4,5 and I want to convert this to an array of integers - what would be the best way?

I know I can use explode to create an a

Answer 1

You could also type cast it.

$string = "1,2,3,4,5"; 
$explode = explode(',', $string);

foreach ($explode as $key)
$arrIntegers[] = (int) $key;


var_dump($arrIntegers);